Quotes / Colditz

• Double Meaning: In S 01 E 02 Carter and a priest have just been busted by the Gestapo.
  Priest: I come from a farming family. The secret of agriculture is you never let the animals run the farm—
  Gestapo Agent: I said "no talking"!
  Priest: ... If you see pigs wandering in the wheat fields, you must intimidate them until they return to their sties.
• S 01 E 03:
  • Richard "Dick" Player has just washed up and is being hospitalized.
  Army Doctor: I'm a doctor, not a harbor master.
  • After Dick has been brought to an old friend:
  Paul Von Eissinger: (To the officer tasked to stand guard over Dick Player) Nonsense! People will think I'm under house arrest. Besides, your uniform clashes with the wallpaper!
  • (later)
  von Eissinger: ... And the British Empire protected by the most powerful army on earth!
  Player: Yours?
  von Eissinger: I didn't mean the Italians.
• S 01 E 04:
  Preston: I claim support of the Geneva Convention: upon arrival the senior officer is entitled to interview all the officers under his command to satisfy himself about their welfare.
• S 10 E 12: Carter is collecting plimsolls as part of a scheme to draw out a murderer:
  Dick Player: Have you become a foot fetishist?
• S 01 E 14:
  Pat Grant: Phil's got an inbuilt aversion for Nuremberg. I think he covered too many party rallies there before the war.
• S 02 E 12: Colonel Preston's reply to Major Mohn's desperate plea for some sort of support should he be tried after the war.
  Colonel Preston: "Well, I would say, Major, that I very much doubt if there is one man in this castle, either captor or captive, who would lift one little finger to help you save your skin. You've asked me to be frank - allow me to say that I, as one member of your international fascist elite, will give three resounding cheers to see you roast in hell. Goodnight, Major."